'Is that a shark?' See the video shared by Santa Barbara foil surfers
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'Is that a shark?' See the video shared by Santa Barbara foil surfers
Two foil surfers shared video of what appears to be a dorsal fin, possibly that of a shark, slicing through the water behind one of them in a wild scene off the Santa Barbara coast over the weekend. Longtime friends Tavis Boise and Ron Takeda were on foil boards — surfboards with an underwater wing that raises the board above the water’s surface — heading from UC Santa Barbara to Carpinteria when Takeda heard and spotted what looks like a dorsal…
A session they will remember! Saturday, April 25, two surfers who linked Santa Barbara to Carpineria (California) on hydrofoil, surfboards with an underwater wing, discovered that they were being chased by a white shark. The animal heeled one of the surfers close for at least one kilometer. According to the two men, the shark was about three meters tall. More fear than harm for the athletes who managed to escape the squale.
Two hydrofoil sportsmen are experiencing anxious moments off the southern coast of California when a shark suddenly shows up and starts hunting. Fortunately, neither of them falls into the water.
A video that echoed on social networks shows the moment when a surfer is chased by a shark for more than three kilometers in the open sea, in California.See video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tavis Boise (@smallwavetav)In the images, Ron Takeda appears practicing hydrofoil, which works as a "little plane" submerged fixed under boards or boats.The surfer's friend, Tavis, responsible for recording with a coupled camera, appears soo…
Foil Boarders Experience Heart-Pounding Great White Shark Encounter Off California Coast
Two experienced foil boarders got far more than they bargained for during what started as a routine session off the Santa Barbara coast, when a great white shark began pursuing them through the water in a dramatic encounter caught on video. Ron Takeda and Tavis Boise were several miles offshore, gliding across the waves on their foil boards—a specialized form of surfing that uses underwater wings to lift riders above the water surface—when they …
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